senior vice presidents; Paul Abe.

Ive decided to dedicate the rest of my life to addressing one singular question: how do we heal this country? I dont have all the answers but I believe part of what we need is to ignite a new era of public service.Andy Kim of New Jersey has made history as the first Korean American elected to the U.

It is not that we perfectly blend in a melting pot or assimilate to some singular sense of being American.Its inscribed on the ceiling of the Capitol dome.but she later withdrew from the race.

history until Kamala Harris was elected vice president.Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

defeating Republican Curtis Bashaw.

he was the highest-ranking Asian American politician in U.said UCLA Interim Chancellor Darnell Hunt.

I am proud to support the study of Japanese humanities at UCLA and around the world because I believe in sharing and valuing the practices and artforms that shape our world.Creating that sort of space for scholars everywhere is key to reimagining the Japanese humanities as a truly global field.

A public institution is ideally situated to do work that diversifies and makes more equitable the field of Japanese humanities.director of the Yanai Initiative and Japan Past Present and a UCLA professor of Japanese literature.